Broncos coach Vance Joseph on if Paxton Lynch will start: 'We'll see'

At 3-7, the Denver Broncos aren’t officially eliminated from the playoffs, but their chances of reaching the postseason are almost nonexistent.

With that being the case, many fans and pundits are calling for the team to start second-year quarterback Paxton Lynch in the team’s final five games of the season. Lynch has only started two games in his career, not enough to evaluate if he could be the Broncos’ quarterback of the future.

So will Lynch start against the Oakland Raiders in Week 12?

“We’ll see,” coach Vance Joseph said after a 20-17 loss to the Bengals on Sunday evening. “We’re going to watch the tape and see where we are as an offense. Obviously, he’s healthy now. He’s a young player with talent. We’ll see.”

Brock Osweiler has been the team’s starter over the last three weeks, completing 53 percent of his passes for 701 yards and three touchdowns against four interceptions. He was asked after Sunday’s loss if he thinks Lynch make take his job.

“I’m not worried about that,” Osweiler said. “I’m never going to look over my shoulder. I’m just going to show up to the building every single day and be myself, work as hard as I possibly can and everything will take care of itself. That’s how I look at that.”

Lynch completed 59 percent of his passes for 497 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in two and a half games last season.